TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berman,Jacob Rama
TI  - American arabesque: Arabs, Islam, and the 19th-century imaginary 
T2  - America and the long 19th century
SN  - 9780814789506 (cloth : acidfree paper)
AV  - PS217.A72 B47 2012
U1  - 810.9/3529927 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - American literature
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Arabs in literature
KW  - National characteristics, American, in literature
KW  - Islam in literature
KW  - Arabs
KW  - Race identity
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-259) and index; Introduction: Guest Figures -- The Barbarous Voice of Democracy -- Pentimento Geographies -- Poe's Arabesque -- American Moors and the Barbaresque -- Arab Masquerade : Mahjar Identity Politics and Trans-nationalism -- Afterword: Haunted Houses
ER  -